I have a suggestion: have the smart tag on dates give you an option to
"update date and time". When this is selected, the date/time stamp should
update to the current value. I would find this helpful because I often
create new documents from old ones, and this would be an easier way to update
the dates.

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If you use CreateDate fields, when you use SaveAs and then update the fields
they will show the date for the new file. Best solution is to use templates
with such a field as the basis for new documents. This automatically updates
when the new document is created and then remains fixed.

See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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I have a suggestion: have the smart tag on dates give you an option to
"update date and time". When this is selected, the date/time stamp should
update to the current value. I would find this helpful because I often
create new documents from old ones, and this would be an easier way to
update
the dates.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t